St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-05
THE INDIAN BUREAU.
Mr.. Lamar Talks of the Wards of
the Nation.

1 commend to your consideration the
operations of the Indian bureau, as
shown in the report of the commissioner
of Indian affairs. 1t shows great zeal
in the future interests of this depend
ent people, in removing trespaSsers
from their midst and urging them to
become American citizens in as many
respects as possible. The first class
embrace the five civilized tribes of the
Indian Territory and New York, num-
boring about $500. There are also
1880 not living on any reservations,
but scattered over the public domain.
OF the remaining 173, 900 Indians, IS, 1000
wear citizens clothes, $1,000 can speak
English, 1O,500 of their children are
being educated, 237 schools are in opera
ton and BLOOD families are en-
gagged in industrial pursuits.
They have cultivated over 5000
acres, built $4,000 rods of fencing, pro-
duced over 10000 bushels of wheat,
$4,000 bushels of corn, 402,OO0 bushels
of oats, 100 bushels of barley and rye,
$4,000 bushels of vegetables and SO, 600
pounds of butter. They have sawed
l,552, 079 feet of lumber, cut 74,000 cords
of wood and 100000 tons of hay. They
own over 1872, 900 horses, 5000 mules,
$4,000 cattle, $4,000 swine and 1,120,000
sheep. The most important measure of
legislation ever enacted in Indian af-
fairs is the general allotment law. by
which every Indian, of whatever age,
may secure title to farm. The work of
allotment has begun as follows: To In
dams of the Sioux tribe in Dakota, 3,272
persons; Winnebagos, 1,222 i'll number,
in Nebraska; to the Pottawatomies, 306,
and absentee ShawneeS, rs, in Indian
Territory; to
THE CROWS,
1900, in Montana, and the Indians of
eighteen different bands, 612, in Siletz
reservation, Oregon.
The authority of the president has
also been given for making allOtmentS
to the Indians on the follOwing-named
reservations: The L'Anse and VieuX
de Sert and the Ontonagon reservations
in Michigan; the Bad River, Lac de
Flambeau, Lac Court Oreilles, Red Cliff
and Fond du Lac reservations in Mime
sofa, all occupied by bands of Chippewa
Indians of Lake Superior; the Oneida
reservation in Wisconsin; the Devil's
Lake Sioux and the Ponca res
ervations in Dakota; the Quapaw.
Shawnee, Seneca, WyandOtte, OF
tawa and ModOc reservations in
the Indian territory, all under the super
vision of the QuapaW agency; the XII
owa, Comanche and Wichita reservation
in Indian territory; the Jicarilla Apache
reservations in New Mexico; the San
Xavier (PapagOJ and Salt River reServa-
lions in Arizona, under charge of the
Pima and Maricopa agency; the Lap
wal reservation, occupied by Nez Perez
Indians, in Idaho territory, and the
MuckleShOot reservation in Washington
territory.
THE SCHOOLS,
two hundred and thirty-seven in num-
Der, contain 1876 pupils, classified as
follows: Eight Industrial training
schools; IS boarding schools; 90 day
schools. Average attendance, 10,509;
total expenditure about 81, 10000, Great
improvement has been made in this di-
rectiOn.
EDUCATION OF INDIANS N ALASKA.
l concur in the suggestions of the
commissioner of Indian affairs for con-
solidation of the usual appropriation
heretofore made for support of educa-
ton of Indian pupils of both sexes at
industrial schools in Alaska with the
general appropriation for the educa-
tional interests of that territory, and
that the whole be placed under the man
agement of the bureau of education in
developing the public school system
which that bureau has undertaken to
establish there for the benefit of all the
people of Alaska.
The Washington &c Idaho and Spo-
kane & PalOuse railways are seeking
right of way though the Ceur d Alene
reservation in Idaho territory, and the
Indians are favorably disposed to them in
order that they may better carry their
produce to market. The liabilities of
the United States to the Indian tribes
are as follows: Permanent annuities,
sSi9. isles; temporary annuities for
specific periods, 1871, $685.; temporary
anDities payable at the pleasure of con-
gresss or president, s1,17S,010; total,
s., 1895, 92S.60. On deposit in treasury on
Nov. l, 1886, proceeds of sales of Indian
lands, s7,69S, 354 80; same source, No
vember, 1887. 81 ,642. S15.91; total 50, SAL
1910. Disbursements during same
period, S246,6SS.27, leaving balance to
that account OH November, 1887, s9.094,-
1.83, of which S, 922, 1873 bears inter
est in lieu of investment, the remainder
of s172,273.10, being available for
expenditure for benefit of Indian